ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 14th of February WELCOME! SAINT PAULIANUS, BISHOP OF VELAY Saint Paulianus, the sixth Bishop of Velay (Velaunum) or le Puy en Velay (Velavum, Podium Vellavorum), who upheld the Church of Christ in that region at the time of the fiercest storms, lived in the sixth century. The episcopal seat was then still in Ruessium , which place later took its name, Saint-Paulien. His successor, the holy Evodius , moved the bishop's seat to Puy in A.D. 565 (II. 749) . (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Paulianus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ...